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She gave up on public schools that rejected her bold ideas a decade ago. Now she’s back.

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Massachusetts has an innovation school law that Dickinson thought laid out a clear path to her dream, only she couldn’t find a school district to partner with. Instead, she opened a small private school in Winchester, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston and one of the state’s wealthiest communities.

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Middle school’s moment: What the science tells us about improving the middle grades

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Related: Four new studies bolster the case for project-based learning. Though many teachers make use of group learning, they often avoid grouping friends together, fearing they’ll goof off, said Denworth. Related: Later school start time gave small boost to grades but big boost to sleep, new study finds.

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

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We don’t want to create gaps in our learning for our little ones.”. But that shouldn’t necessarily be the model that we’re all rushing out to replicate throughout our education system, because I can point to examples that I’ve seen time and again where personalized learning isn’t working.”. “We need to set a strong foundation.

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Getting rid of gifted programs: Trying to teach students at all levels together in one class

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More than 30 years ago, Rockville Centre began a gradual but determined effort to do away with gifted classes in its elementary schools as well as many of the tracked classes at the middle and high schools. Just 15 percent of the roughly 1,000 students at the school receive free or reduced lunch , a federal marker of poverty.

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In San Antonio, school integration may not lift all boats

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Brian Sparks is the principal at Lamar Elementary School in San Antonio. He helps out with cafeteria duties on the first day of school. Related: San Antonio is hoping career-themed schools can alleviate a worker shortage. Isabel Nava teaches second and third grade ESL classes at Lamar Elementary School in San Antonio.